Alexander Constantine (Constantine) Ionides & Euterpe (Lucas) Sgouta

Family Group Sheet

NameAlexander Constantine (Constantine) Ionides, G Grandson

Birth20 Aug 1810, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium

MemoArgenti says 1 Sep 1810 in Corinth.

Death10 Nov 1890, Hastings, Sussex, England

MemoVassiadis says Hastings, Sussex.

Burial14 Nov 1890, Hastings, Sussex, England

Residence1833, Smedley Lane, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England

Residence1834-1837, Office: 9 Finsbury Circus, City of London, England

Residence1839-1864, 130 Tulse Hill, London, England

MemoDemolished ca. 1940.

Residence1864, 1 Holland Park, Kensington, London, England

MemoBuilt ca. 1860 and bought freehold for £4500. Now the Greek Embassy in London.

Residence1881, 1 Holland Park, Kensington, London, England

MemoThe Ionides lived here from about 1880 to 1905.

Residence1882-1890, Windycroft, 14 High Wickham, Hastings, Sussex, England

MemoBought 29 September 1882.

OccupationMerchant and banker.

EducationHonorary degree from Athens University.

OriginConstantinople. Took British nationality in 1837 by Private Bill.

Note 1Art Collector & Patron of Pre-Raphaelite painters. Director of the Bank of London and of the Crystal Palace Company, London, England. On his death in 1890 he left £28,874 to his sons Constantine, Luke and Alexander.

Note 2Came to London in 1815 or 1827. Used the surname Ionides from ca. 1830. Greek Consul-General in London 1854-66. Great benefactor of Greece. General of the Order of the Saviour signed by King George l of Greece.

Note 3Gave G. F. Watts his first commission in 1834. His portrait was painted by Watts as an individual (in 1840) and in four family group paintings. Also portrayed by Cousens, Meadows and Smithe. Painted in miniatures by Sir Denis Ross and an unknown artist.

Note 4One of the original four signatories for the lease of West Norwood Greek Enclosure in 1842. A Watts painting of Alexander and his family was bought in June 2005 by the Watts Gallery (Guildford) for £232,000.

Note 5The 1881 Census for 1 Holland Park shows he and his wife accompanied by three young grandchildren (the eldest three children of Aleco) as well as 6 live-in servants.

FlagsIonides

FatherConstantine Ioannes ‘Ipliktzis’ (Ioannes) Ionides (1775-1852)

MotherMariora (Ioannes) Sentoukakis (1784-1857)

Marriage24 Jul 1832, London, England

Married MemoOr 5 Aug 1832. Or in Constantinople.

SpouseEuterpe (Lucas) Sgouta

Birth20 May 1816, Constantinople, Turkey/Byzantium

Death11 Feb 1892, Windycroft, Hastings, Sussex, England

Burial15 Feb 1892, Hastings, Sussex, England

MemoAnother source (Agelasto) says she was buried at West Norwood but not named on the Ionides family vault.

Residence1881, 1 Holland Park, Kensington, London, England

MemoNow the Greek Embassy in London.

Note 1She cleverly left an estate of only £587.00! Her portrait was painted by Watts as an individual and in four family group paintings. Also portrayed by Cousens, Meadows and Smithe. Photographed by E. Whiteman in 1888.

Note 2She was god-mother in 1842 to the child of Simmon & Maria Stiffel, he a merchant of Odessa. She was photographed in 1888 by E. Whiteman of Hastings and also appears in a miniature by an unknown artist.

Note 3Another source (Agelasto) says she was buried at West Norwood but not named on the Ionides family vault.

Flags***, Avierino, Calvocoressi, Petrocochino, Scanavi, Sevastopoulos

FatherLucas (Linardis) Sgouta (?-1822)

MotherArghyro (Constantine) Scanavi (1798-1862)

Children